In his keynote at the Turkey Innovation Week, Porter Erisman explained what set Alibaba apart from eBay, and how it rose to be the a leader in Chinese e-commerce. Watch the video below to learn more about Alibaba’s success story: Porter Erisman is an entrepreneur, e-commerce consultant and award-winning filmmaker with more than 20 years of .. read more

Porter Erisman shared valuable insights on e-commerce models in Asia in his Tech in Asia interview. He elaborated on some of the points also in his latest book “Six Billion Shoppers”. Here are some of the inspiring points that he made: “Everywhere I went, whether it was India or Southeast Asia or Africa, I saw a common .. read more

Porter Erisman‘s new book Six Billion Shoppers tackles e-commerce in the developing world and provides insights on shortcomings and opportunities for the future. Porter takes his wisdom from his years working at Alibaba and combines it with views from a tour/survey of digital retailers from Asia, Latin America and Africa to come up with a broader perspective .. read more

Porter Erisman, former VP of Alibaba, shared the inside story behind the rise of Chinese online colossus Alibaba in the recent TFWA Asia Conference in Singapore. The presentation revealed why e-commerce in emerging markets is built on different cultural foundations to the likes of Amazon and eBay. Click the image below to watch the clip .. read more

Porter Erisman talked about how the West can learn from China on e-commerce and Fintech. China, started from scratch, has created truly disruptive e-commerce and mobile payment business ecosystems. Porter says “Because China is really starting from scratch, China is able to leapfrog way ahead. And so finally you’re starting to see the evidence come out .. read more

Porter Erisman shared lessons learnt from the Alibaba success story, and insights on the next generations of shoppers at the TFWA Asia Conference. His presentation received great feedback from the organiser, as well as the audience from the travel retail industry. “Porter was a huge success, and very pleasant indeed to work with. Lots of .. read more

The Alibaba Effect: how an Internet company started by a schoolteacher is reshaping e-commerce worldwide. Fifteen years ago, few people would have imagined that an e-commerce company started by a Chinese schoolteacher would rise from an apartment into the world’s largest e-commerce company. But the company that Jack Ma founded in 1999, Alibaba, now handles .. read more